It is a not-too-distant future in our all-too-recognizable world. It is the late twenty-first century and a deadly virus has seeped into human kind's genetic make-up. In only a few generations this plague will have wiped us off the face of the planet, but we're not going down without a fight. Teams of scientists, geneticists and programmers race to find a cure, but time is not on our side and our only hope lies in one last, desperate gamble ...Eighteen years later and ten individuals are about to come of age. One of them, a young man, is suddenly startled awake. He has no memory. His surroundings mean nothing to him. All he knows for certain is that someone is trying to kill him. Unsure who he can trust, he is reacquainted with his companions, all of whom are being trained at a special establishment run by the elusive Maestro. As he tries to uncover the identity of his would-be killer, it becomes clear that more - so much more - than just his life is at stake ...Smart, stylish, terrifying and thrilling in equal measure, Idlewild fuses the fierce imagination of The Matrix with the chilling social vision of Minority Report, and introduces a singular new literary voice.
Ficha técnica
Editorial: Bantam Books
ISBN: 9780553815979
Idioma: Inglés
Número de páginas: 384
Tiempo de lectura:
7h 56m
Encuadernación: Tapa blanda
Fecha de lanzamiento: 13/07/2004
Año de edición: 2004
Plaza de edición: London
Especificaciones del producto
Escrito por Nick Sagan
Tras el rotundo éxito de su primera novela, Código genético, que será próximamente llevada al cine, el hijo del célebre Carl Sagan demuestra con esta obra que merece haber sido aclamado como uno de los grandes de la nueva ciencia ficción estadounidense, y sumerge al lector en una historia trepidante que resonará aún después de haber terminado el libro.